Can faucet and filler



(No Model.)

J. GREULOOH, Jr.

CAN FAUGET AND FILLER.

No. 341,476. Patented May 11, 1886.

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PATENT OFFICE.

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CAN FAUCET AND FILLER.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,476, dated May 11, 1886.

Application filed October 12, 1885. Serial No. 179,579.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AOOB GREULOOH, J r., of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Can Faucet and Filler; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The combined can faucet and filler above alluded to is especially intended for oil-cans, although it may be applied to other vessels for discharging therefrom their liquid contents.

The accompanying drawings will be referred to in the course of the following specification and make a part of the same, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of the invention applied to a can. Fig.2 is a transverse vertical section through line 00 m. Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Like letters'of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The faucet above mentioned consists of a tubular stem, A, provided with amale thread, as shown in Fig. l. The lower end of said tubular stem terminates in a funnel-shaped enlargement or mouth, B, Fig. 2, whereas the upper end ofthe stem is closed and provided with spout O, in open relation with the bore of the stem.

1) is a vent-hole, and D is a collar and an integral part of the tubular stem. On said stem is screwed a nut, E, forming an integral part of the cap F, substantially as shown in the drawings.

G is a packing surrounding and adapted to fit on over the exterior surface of the mouth B of the tubular stem above alluded to, and as shown in Fig. 2. Said packing may be of rubber, leather, or of any suitable material other than the material mentioned.

H, Fig. 2, is a plug-valve, fitted closely to the inside of the mouth B of the stem. Said valve is opened and closed by the rod I, the upper end of which is screwed into and through the closed end of the tubular stem A, and the external end of the saidrod is provided with a thumb-piece, J, by which the rod is worked for the purpose of opening and closing the valve H, above mentioned.

(No model.)

Kis a lug fixed to the side of the nut, the use of which will presently be shown.

When the can is to be iille d,the faucet may be removed and afterward replaced.

Having described the construction of the said invention, the practical use of the same is as follows: As shown in the drawings, L represents a portion of an oilcan,.of which M is the top. In said top of the can is made an opening sufficiently large to allow the daring mouth B of the tubular stem to pass through to the interior of the can, and also to allow the packing G to be crowded in around it by the collar D on pushing down therein the flan ing mouth B and the packing when inserted in the can, as above described. The packing is then drawn upward and expanded, so as to fill the opening in the can by screwing down the nut E (which forms a part of the cap F. as seen in Fig. 2,) until the edge of the cap F comes down upon the top of the can. A continual turning of the nut draws upward the flaring mouth B of the stem, thereby expanding the packing and forcing it against the sides of the opening in the can, as seen in Fig. 2, thus forming an oil-tight joint, which is covered by the cap F, substantially as shown in Fig. 2,.which represents the faucet attached to the can, as above described, and closed by the valve H.

To pour out the contents of the can, the valve H is opened byscrewing downward the valverod I, by the thumb-piece J, as indicated by the dotted lines a, when, on tipping the can, the oil will flow from the can through the tubular stem and out of the spout O.

The ean,when empty, may be again filled by screwing upward the nut-cap E so far as to allow the flaring mouth B of the tubular stem to be pushed down into the can so far as to allow the tubular stem to be tipped over to one side,which causes the packing to bedrawn out of one side of the opening of the can,which will admit of sufficient space for the admission of oil; or the said faucet canthus be taken out by tipping it over to one side to free the packing, leaving the opening into the can clear for filling it, which when done the faucet is again attached, as above described.

By means of a suitable wrench arranged to engage the lug K the nut F may be tightly screwed down on the can, thus securing the packing in place in the can-opening, as before 5 described.

In place of using a wrench and the lug K, the nut F i or maybe corrugated, as seen at c, Fig. 1,which will allow of the nut being held with suflicient force to be screwed down, and [U secure the packing in position to make a tight joint without the said wrench.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'For oil-cans, a faucet'consisting of a tubular substantial] y as described, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB GREULOOH, JR.

\Vitnesses:

XV. H. BURRIDGE, J H. BURRIDGE. 

